Sorry still a noob and don’t know how to imbed a post here. Anyway, it was late 2018, and was studying the Fed’s balance sheet in grad school. My head almost exploded when I realized the treasuries they held were purchased with dollars printed out of thin air. Now I see this commonly discussed, but at the time I was on an island. My 70+ year old professor was useless, having been so entrenched in the fiat system he didn’t even see it as problematic. I was so angry. I then fell completely down the rabbit hole, with this insatiable desire to understand what money is. I read Naked Money about 3 times followed by the Bitcoin Standard. But honestly it was those old Erik Voorhees debates with Peter Schiff that finally got me. The panicked FOMO that @saylor​ talks about when it first clicked for him hit me immediately and I started stacking as hard as I possibly could. It was a singular focus for months. Eventually I lost it all in a tragic boating accident but man it’s been a ride these past 4-5 years.